Yarka brand art supplies

[Peter F Davis]

Does anyone know anything about Yarka brand art supplies? They seem
to make everything (watercolors, oil paints, pastels, etc.) I've
tried their pan water colors, which seem ok, and their pastels, which
seem a bit too chalky, and lack any really brilliant colors.

For some reason, though, these have shown up in all the art stores and
catalogs I look in within the past year. Something new?

Thanks.
-pd

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Peter Davis

"Standardization is the opposite of innovation."

[RayBX]

In article <3849tg$k...@gandalf.pic.net>, lynn...@pic.net (lynn lane)
writes:

[ stuff about the quality of one's materials] to which I add...

I must agree. For many months I struggled to apply "student" grade
materials with synthetic watercolor brushes on paper that was "a bargain!"
No WONDER I have none of those works around any more!!! By all means look
for a bargain, such as a top quality brush on sale or the store who sells
the best paints lower than other stores (My choices: Golden for Arcylics,
Schminke & Winsor/Newton for watercolors, Rembrandt and Schminke for
pastels. Raphael 8404 for watercolor rounds, Arches or Twinrocker WC
paper). But if the materials are "Okay," so will be your work. And is THAT
the kind of sentiment you want your work to evoke?

P.S. the cheapest prices I've found for my favorite stuff in NYC are:

* Golden Arcylics - Andy's on West 23rd St
* Raphael Brushes, Schminke stuff - Pearl Paint on Canal St.
* Arches paper (cheapest by a BIG margin), Winsor Newton WC, Rembrandt
Pastels - Utrecht Art Supplies on 4th Ave.
* Twinrocker WC paper, (Almost as cheap on Golden Acrylics and a more
complete selection) - - New York Central Art Supply on 3rd Ave.

Hope this helps,

---Raymond Blum ra...@aol.com
"YEs, I call that art!"

[lynn lane]

In article <CxxI7...@world.std.com>, p...@world.std.com (Peter F Davis) says:
>
>Does anyone know anything about Yarka brand art supplies? They seem
>to make everything (watercolors, oil paints, pastels, etc.) I've
>tried their pan water colors, which seem ok, and their pastels, which
>seem a bit too chalky, and lack any really brilliant colors.
>

no offense but if you feel this way about them then i at all costs would
avoid them... there are too many top quality products out there to need
to rely on mediocre products to produce your work.... :) if you ever try oil
painting i recommend old holland classic oil paints above any other
i swear they must be a gift from the gods and they are the only oil paint producer that
sticks to the actual true traditional way of making their paints all the
way to the way they hand pack each tube and it has a swatch of the paint inside
so you are positive of its consistency in relation to its color... and these
guys don't skimp and give you substitute pigments they are the real thing
...(i.e. real cobalt and chromium) ... its the brand rembrandt and van gogh
used so they must hold up to the test of time and the taste of great artists
...
smile and discard those old supplies buy only the best student
quality materials produces student quality work ... of course the
materials don't make the artist but why hinder yourself?

lynn
lynn...@pic.net